Palmisano, Stephen

Top Publications

Year	Title
2015	Future challenges for vection research: definitions, functional significance, measures, and neural bases Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2018	Predicting vection and visually induced motion sickness based on spontaneous postural activity Published in Experimental Brain Research
2016	Identifying objective EEG based markers of linear vection in depth Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2017	Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift Published in Displays
2015	The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2011	Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Vection Published in Seeing and Perceiving
2015	Walking without optic flow reduces subsequent vection Published in Experimental Brain Research
2010	Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances Published in Journal of Vision
2012	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published in Experimental Brain Research
2010	Pilot gaze and glideslope control Published in ACM Transactions on Applied Perception

Research Areas

Research Overview

Stephen Palmisano is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong. He received his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1997 under the supervision of Professor Barbara Gillam, and then worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Ian P Howard from 1998-2000 at the Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada. His research investigates how we perceive and control our own self-motions (such as walking as well as traveling in cars, trains and even planes) and role that binocular vision plays in our perception of depth (so called stereoscopic perception). Much of his research now examines head-mounted display based virtual reality - looking at experiences of vection, presence and cybersickness during immersive simulations and gameplay.

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Defense Working Group Faculty of Social Sciences Representative 2018 -
School of Psychology Head of Postgraduate Studies 2018 -
Faculty of Social Sciences Director of Early Career Research, Engagement and Development 2014 - 2017

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Effects of postural stability, active control, exposure duration and repeated exposures on HMD induced cybersickness Published In Displays Volume 60 Pages 9 - 17 ISSN 0141-9382 Altmetric
2019	Frequency‐dependent and montage‐based differences in phosphene perception thresholds via transcranial alternating current stimulation Published In Bioelectromagnetics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 1521-186X Altmetric
2019	The Shepard–Risset glissando: identifying the origins of metaphorical auditory vection and motion sickness Published In Multisensory Research Volume Online First Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 2213-4794 Altmetric
2019	The factors affecting the quality of learning process and outcome in virtual reality environment for safety training in the context of mining industry Published In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Volume 780 Pages 404 - 411 Altmetric
2019	Vection strength increases with simulated eye-separation Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 81 Pages 281 - 295 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2018	A qualitative evaluation of the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool for the mining industry Published In Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 10711 Pages 188 - 200 Altmetric
2018	Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality Published In Displays Volume Online First Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 0141-9382 Altmetric
2018	Predicting vection and visually induced motion sickness based on spontaneous postural activity Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 236 Pages 315 - 329 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2018	The search for instantaneous vection: An oscillating visual prime reduces vection onset latency Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Vection Is Enhanced by Increased Exposure to Optic Flow Published In i-Perception Volume 9 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2018	Vection increases with optic flow exposure duration Published In i-Perception Volume Online First Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages e0209927-1 - e0209927-21 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2017	Cortical Correlates of the Simulated Viewpoint Oscillation Advantage for Vection Published In Multisensory Research Volume 30 Pages 739 - 761 ISSN 2213-4794 Altmetric
2017	The Oscillating Potential Model of Visually Induced Vection Published In i-Perception Volume 8 Pages 1 - 24 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2017	The Shepard–Risset glissando: music that moves you Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 235 Pages 3111 - 3127 Altmetric
2017	Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift Published In Displays Volume 46 Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 0141-9382 Altmetric
2016	Age-related effects of increasing postural challenge on eye movement onset latencies to visual targets Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 234 Pages 1599 - 1609 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2016	Identifying objective EEG based markers of linear vection in depth Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 7 Pages 1206-1 - 1206-11 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2016	Relative visual oscillation can facilitate visually induced self-motion perception Published In i-Perception Volume 7 Pages 1 - 18 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2016	Stereoscopic advantages for vection induced by radial, circular, and spiral optic flows Published In Journal of Vision Volume 16 Pages 1 - 19 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2016	The nature and timing of tele-pseudoscopic experiences Published In i-Perception Volume 7 Pages 1 - 24 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2016	Vection depends on perceived surface properties Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 78 Pages 1163 - 1173 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2015	Change magnitude does not guide attention in an object change detection task Published In Perception Volume 44 Pages 93 - 99 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2015	Future challenges for vection research: definitions, functional significance, measures, and neural bases Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 6 Pages 1 - 15 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2015	The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 6 Pages 1 - 7 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2015	Walking without optic flow reduces subsequent vection Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 233 Pages 275 - 281 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2014	Binocular contributions to linear vertical vection Published In Journal of Vision Volume 14 Pages 1 - 23 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2014	Chaos in balance: Non-linear measures of postural control predict individual variations in visual illusions of motion Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e113897-1 - e113897-22 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2014	Evidence against an ecological explanation of the jitter advantage for vection Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 5 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2014	Illusory scene shearing during real and illusory self-rotations in roll Published In i-Perception Volume 5 Page p. 437 ISSN 2041-6695
2014	Monocular and binocular edges enhance the perception of stereoscopic slant Published In Vision Research Volume 100 Pages 113 - 123 ISSN 1878-5646 Altmetric
2014	Spontaneous postural sway predicts the strength of smooth vection Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 232 Pages 1185 - 1191 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2014	The role of perceived speed in vection: Does perceived speed modulate the jitter and oscillation advantages? Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e92260-1 - e92260-14 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	Perceived gravitoinertial force during vection Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 84 Pages 971 - 974 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric
2013	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Journal of Vision Volume 13 Pages 702 - 702 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2013	Spontaneous postural instability predicts susceptibility to smooth vection Published In Journal of Vision Volume 13 Pages 703 - 703 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2013	The role of monocular regions in the perception of stereoscopic surfaces Published In Perception Volume 42 Page p. 12 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2013	Vection in depth during treadmill walking Published In Perception Volume 42 Pages 562 - 576 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2013	Vection induced by illusory motion in a stationary image Published In Perception Volume 42 Pages 1001 - 1005 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2013	Virtual swimming - breaststroke body movements facilitate vection Published In Multisensory Research Volume 26 Pages 267 - 275 ISSN 2213-4794 Altmetric
2012	Directionless vection: A new illusory self-motion perception Published In i-Perception Volume 3 Pages 775 - 777 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2012	Horizontal fixation point oscillation and simulated viewpoint oscillation both increase vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision Volume 12 Pages 1 - 14 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2012	Hunger enhances vertical vection Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 1003 - 1006 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Independent effects of local and global binocular disparity on the perceived convexity of stereoscopically presented faces in scenes Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 168 - 174 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Influence of head orientation and viewpoint oscillation on linear vection Published In Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation: an international journal of experimental and clinical vestibular science Volume 22 Pages 105 - 116 ISSN 0957-4271 Altmetric
2012	Perceived display speed helps account for the 'jitter advantage' in vection Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 95 - 95 ISSN 0301-0066
2012	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 233 Pages 479 - 487 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2012	Refractive error and monocular viewing strengthen the hollow-face illusion Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 1281 - 1285 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Second-order motion is less efficient at modulating vection strength Published In Seeing and Perceiving: an international journal on computation, perception, attention and action Volume 25 Pages 213 - 221 ISSN 0169-1015 Altmetric
2012	Simulated angular head oscillation enhances vection in depth Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 402 - 414 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 3 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2012	Vection can be induced without global-motion awareness Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 493 - 497 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Vection during conflicting multisensory information about the axis, magnitude and direction of self-motion Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 253 - 267 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Binocular disparity magnitude affects perceived depth magnitude despite inversion of depth order Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 975 - 988 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Depth interval estimates from motion parallax and binocular disparity beyond interaction space Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 39 - 49 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Display lag and gain effects on vection experienced by active observers Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 82 Pages 763 - 769 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric
2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 761 - 784 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Independent modulation of motion and vection aftereffects revealed by using coherent oscillation and random jitter in optic flow Published In Vision Research Volume 51 Pages 2499 - 2508 ISSN 1878-5646 Altmetric
2011	Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Vection Published In Seeing and Perceiving Volume 24 Pages 173 - 200 Altmetric
2011	Vection in depth during consistent and inconsistent multisensory stimulation Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 155 - 174 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2010	Eccentric gaze dynamics enhance vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision Volume 10 Pages 1 - 11 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2010	Pilot gaze and glideslope control Published In ACM Transactions on Applied Perception Volume 7 Pages 18:1 - 18:18 ISSN 1544-3558 Altmetric
2010	Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances Published In Journal of Vision Volume 10 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2010	The time course of configural change detection for novel 3-D objects Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 72 Pages 999 - 1012 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2010	Visually mediated eye movements regulate the capture of optic flow in self-motion perception Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 202 Pages 355 - 361 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2009	Combined Pitch and Roll and Cybersickness in a Virtual Environment Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 80 Pages 941 - 945 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric
2009	Effects of gaze on vection from jittering, oscillating, and purely radial optic flow Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 71 Pages 1842 - 1853 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2009	Effects of simulated viewpoint jitter on visually induced postural sway Published In Perception Volume 38 Pages 442 - 453 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2009	Stereoscopic depth magnitudes at greater distances in an old steam railway tunnel Published In Perception Volume 38 Pages 59 - 60 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2009	Stereoscopic discrimination of the layout of ground surfaces Published In Journal of Vision Volume 9 Pages 1 - 11 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2008	Accelerating self-motion displays produce more compelling vection in depth Published In Perception Volume 37 Pages 22 - 33 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2008	Binocular slant discrimination beyond interaction space Published In Journal of Vision Volume 8 Pages 536 - Unknown End Page ISSN 1534-7362
2008	Effects of active and passive viewpoint jitter on vection in depth Published In Brain Research Bulletin Volume 77 Pages 335 - 342 ISSN 0361-9230 Altmetric
2008	Effects of scenery, lighting, glideslope and experience on timing the landing flare Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied Volume 14 Pages 236 - 246 ISSN 1076-898X Altmetric
2008	Expanding and contracting optic-flow patterns and vection Published In Perception Volume 37 Pages 704 - 711 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2008	Time-To-Contact Perception During Simulated Night Landing Published In The International Journal of Aviation Psychology Volume 18 Pages 207 - 223 ISSN 1050-8414 Altmetric
2008	Vection change exacerbates simulator sickness in virtual environments Published In Presence Volume 17 Pages 283 - 292 ISSN 1054-7460 Altmetric
2007	Expanding and contracting optical flow patterns and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 78 Pages 383 - 386 ISSN 0095-6562
2007	Things are looking up: differential decline in face recognition following pitch and yaw rotation Published In Perception Volume 36 Pages 1334 - 1352 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2007	Vertical display oscillation effects on forward vection and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 78 Pages 951 - 956 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2015	Vision and virtual environments Published In Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementaiton, and Applications Publisher United States: CRC Press Pages 39 - 85
2010	Psychophysics of night vision device halos Published In Vision and Displays for Military and Security Applications Publisher New York: Springer Pages 123 - 140 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Effects of head-display lag on presence in the Oculus Rift Published In VRST '18: Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology Pages 1 - 2 Altmetric
2017	Evaluating 360-Virtual Reality for Mining Industry’s Safety Training Published In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: HCI International 2017 - Posters' and Extended Abstracts Pages 555 - 561 Altmetric
2016	A systematic approach to evaluate the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool in the context of the mining industry Published In Proceedings of the 2016 Coal Operators' Conference Pages 433 - 442
2015	Ground continuity and distance perception: An investigation of the effect of texture discontinuity on perceived distance Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2015	Walking without visual motion reduces subsequent vection Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2014	Evaluating the influence of virtual reality-based training on workers' competencies in the mining industry Published In 13th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2014 Pages 60 - 64
2013	The short and the tall of it: The role of viewer height in recognising faces viewed from above and below. Published In Experimental Psychology Conference 2013
2012	Generalisation from three-quarter views of faces in the yaw and pitch axes. Published In 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference Pages 21 - 21
2010	The utility of different object properties in change detection Published In ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science Pages 93 - 97 Altmetric
2009	Binocular depth interval estimation beyond interaction space Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences Pages 22 - 22
2009	Effects of starting height, lighting and runway length on glideslope control and landing quality Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Pages 3 - 4
2009	Factors effecting the perception of ground slant during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences Pages 40 - 40
2009	Glideslope perception during aircraft landing Published In Asia-Pacific Simulation and Taining Conference and Exhibition Pages 87 - 91
2009	Object change detection: effects of attention, change magnitude and part addition or deletion Published In 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference Page p. 20
2009	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In A Summary of Proceedings for the Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation Symposium Pages 35 - 37
2009	The role of eye movements in self-motion perception Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences Pages 32 - 32
2009	Visual factors affecting glideslope control and touchdown during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences : The abstracts of the 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society Page p. 62
2009	Where do pilots look when they land? Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences: The abstracts of the 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference Page p. 43
2008	Face recognition following rotation about three axes Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision Pages 57 - 57
2008	Global perspective jitter enhances vection in both active and passive observers Published In XXV Barany Society Meeting Program and Abstracts Pages 347 - 347
2008	Multiple axis rotation and cybersickness in a virtual environment Published In 2008 Abstracts of the AsMA Scientific Sessions. 79th Annual Scientific Meeting Pages 309 - 309
2008	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion Published In Canadian Space Agency: Life and Physical Sciences Workshop Pages 21 - 21
2008	Visual touchdown point perception during simulated landing Published In 35th Australasian experimental psychology conference Pages 92 - 93
2007	Effects of image intensifier halo on perceived layout Published In Helmet and Head Mounted Displays XII: Design and Applications. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6557 Pages 65570U/1 - 12
2007	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation (ADDNS) Symposium Pages 1 - 3

Investigator On

Year	Title
2014	Evaluating the impact of Virtual Reality-based training on the competency of rescue brigades Awarded by: Coal Services Health and Safety Trust Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2011	Role of monocular regions in the binocular perception of 3D layout Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Viewpoint changes during locomotion: Their role in self-motion perception and motion sickness. Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2009	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion in microgravity Awarded by: Canadian Space Agency Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2008	An investigation of long-range stereopsis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Identification and examination of visual cues used in aircraft glideslope control Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Other Research Activities

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Self-motion perception; Self-motion control; Vection.

Eye-movements; Postural control.

Virtual reality; Motion Sickness; Simulator Sickness; Cybersickness.

Visual perception and control during aircraft landing.

Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

Teaching Activities

PSYC122 - Foundations of Psychology B Lecturer
PSYC236 - Cognition & Perception Lecturer
PSYC349 - Visual Perception Coordinator and Lecturer

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	The Psychological Effects of Magnetic Fields on Occupationally-Exposed Individuals	Evans, Ian
Doctor of Philosophy	Reduction of Cybersickness in HMDs: Participant, stimulus and hardware factors.	Arcioni, Benjamin
Doctor of Philosophy	Clarifying the Sequential Processing Schema in Young Adults	Fogarty, Jack
Doctor of Philosophy	Auditory Vection: The Roles of Low and High-Level Psychoacoustic Properties in Auditory Illusions of Self-Motion.	Mursic, Rebecca
Master of Philosophy	An Investigation of the Underlying Cognitive Processes Associated with Computer Programming.	Zammit, Jessica
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	The effects of ageing on the coordination of reaching movement and posture	Jimenez, Sergio

Education And Training

D.Phil., University of New South Wales, Psychology, Perceiving self-motion in depth: The roles of stereoscopic, changing-size, ground plane and jitter information (Supervisor Prof Barbara Gillam) 1994 - 1997
Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (with Prof Ian P. Howard) 1998 - 2000

Awards And Honors

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Interdisciplinary Research Excellence., conferred by University of Wollongong, 2015
Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning , conferred by University of Wollongong, 2005
University Medal, conferred by University of New South Wales, 1992

Teaching Overview

I have taught in a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate psychology subjects at both UNSW (1993-1998) and UOW (2000-current) – including Introductory Psychology, Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Statistics and (primarily in) Perception. I was the first in my school to receive a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (a UOW OCTAL award) and have since played an important role in teacher development within UOW Psychology and University-wide. I have served continuously as a UOW Peer Reviewer of Teaching since my Dean's nomination in 2008.

Keywords

Perception; Vision Research; Self-motion Perception; Vection; Optic Flow; Postural Control; Eye-movements; Motion Sickness; Virtual Reality; Cybersickness; Simulator Sickness; Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

Full Name

A/Prof Stephen Palmisano Palmisano

Mailing Address

School of Psychology, University of Wollongong

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, Australia

Located In Facility

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-5681 (confirmed)

Web Of Science Researcher Id

O-1553-2018

Scopus Id

6701694405

Top Publications

Year	Title
2015	Future challenges for vection research: definitions, functional significance, measures, and neural bases Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2018	Predicting vection and visually induced motion sickness based on spontaneous postural activity Published in Experimental Brain Research
2016	Identifying objective EEG based markers of linear vection in depth Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2017	Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift Published in Displays
2015	The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception Published in Frontiers in Psychology
2011	Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Vection Published in Seeing and Perceiving
2015	Walking without optic flow reduces subsequent vection Published in Experimental Brain Research
2010	Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances Published in Journal of Vision
2012	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published in Experimental Brain Research
2010	Pilot gaze and glideslope control Published in ACM Transactions on Applied Perception

Research Areas

Research Overview

Stephen Palmisano is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong. He received his PhD from the University of New South Wales in 1997 under the supervision of Professor Barbara Gillam, and then worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Professor Ian P Howard from 1998-2000 at the Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada. His research investigates how we perceive and control our own self-motions (such as walking as well as traveling in cars, trains and even planes) and role that binocular vision plays in our perception of depth (so called stereoscopic perception). Much of his research now examines head-mounted display based virtual reality - looking at experiences of vection, presence and cybersickness during immersive simulations and gameplay.

Member Of

Defense Working Group Faculty of Social Sciences Representative 2018 -
School of Psychology Head of Postgraduate Studies 2018 -
Faculty of Social Sciences Director of Early Career Research, Engagement and Development 2014 - 2017

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Effects of postural stability, active control, exposure duration and repeated exposures on HMD induced cybersickness Published In Displays Volume 60 Pages 9 - 17 ISSN 0141-9382 Altmetric
2019	Frequency‐dependent and montage‐based differences in phosphene perception thresholds via transcranial alternating current stimulation Published In Bioelectromagnetics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 1521-186X Altmetric
2019	The Shepard–Risset glissando: identifying the origins of metaphorical auditory vection and motion sickness Published In Multisensory Research Volume Online First Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 2213-4794 Altmetric
2019	The factors affecting the quality of learning process and outcome in virtual reality environment for safety training in the context of mining industry Published In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Volume 780 Pages 404 - 411 Altmetric
2019	Vection strength increases with simulated eye-separation Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 81 Pages 281 - 295 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2018	A qualitative evaluation of the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool for the mining industry Published In Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 10711 Pages 188 - 200 Altmetric
2018	Postural stability predicts the likelihood of cybersickness in active HMD-based virtual reality Published In Displays Volume Online First Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 0141-9382 Altmetric
2018	Predicting vection and visually induced motion sickness based on spontaneous postural activity Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 236 Pages 315 - 329 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2018	The search for instantaneous vection: An oscillating visual prime reduces vection onset latency Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages 1 - 26 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Vection Is Enhanced by Increased Exposure to Optic Flow Published In i-Perception Volume 9 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2018	Vection increases with optic flow exposure duration Published In i-Perception Volume Online First Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2018	View specific generalisation effects in face recognition: Front and yaw comparison views are better than pitch Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages e0209927-1 - e0209927-21 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2017	Cortical Correlates of the Simulated Viewpoint Oscillation Advantage for Vection Published In Multisensory Research Volume 30 Pages 739 - 761 ISSN 2213-4794 Altmetric
2017	The Oscillating Potential Model of Visually Induced Vection Published In i-Perception Volume 8 Pages 1 - 24 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2017	The Shepard–Risset glissando: music that moves you Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 235 Pages 3111 - 3127 Altmetric
2017	Vection and cybersickness generated by head-and-display motion in the Oculus Rift Published In Displays Volume 46 Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 0141-9382 Altmetric
2016	Age-related effects of increasing postural challenge on eye movement onset latencies to visual targets Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 234 Pages 1599 - 1609 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2016	Identifying objective EEG based markers of linear vection in depth Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 7 Pages 1206-1 - 1206-11 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2016	Relative visual oscillation can facilitate visually induced self-motion perception Published In i-Perception Volume 7 Pages 1 - 18 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2016	Stereoscopic advantages for vection induced by radial, circular, and spiral optic flows Published In Journal of Vision Volume 16 Pages 1 - 19 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2016	The nature and timing of tele-pseudoscopic experiences Published In i-Perception Volume 7 Pages 1 - 24 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2016	Vection depends on perceived surface properties Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 78 Pages 1163 - 1173 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2015	Change magnitude does not guide attention in an object change detection task Published In Perception Volume 44 Pages 93 - 99 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2015	Future challenges for vection research: definitions, functional significance, measures, and neural bases Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 6 Pages 1 - 15 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2015	The Oculus Rift: a cost-effective tool for studying visual-vestibular interactions in self-motion perception Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 6 Pages 1 - 7 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2015	Walking without optic flow reduces subsequent vection Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 233 Pages 275 - 281 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2014	Binocular contributions to linear vertical vection Published In Journal of Vision Volume 14 Pages 1 - 23 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2014	Chaos in balance: Non-linear measures of postural control predict individual variations in visual illusions of motion Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e113897-1 - e113897-22 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2014	Evidence against an ecological explanation of the jitter advantage for vection Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 5 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2014	Illusory scene shearing during real and illusory self-rotations in roll Published In i-Perception Volume 5 Page p. 437 ISSN 2041-6695
2014	Monocular and binocular edges enhance the perception of stereoscopic slant Published In Vision Research Volume 100 Pages 113 - 123 ISSN 1878-5646 Altmetric
2014	Spontaneous postural sway predicts the strength of smooth vection Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 232 Pages 1185 - 1191 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2014	The role of perceived speed in vection: Does perceived speed modulate the jitter and oscillation advantages? Published In PLoS One Volume 9 Pages e92260-1 - e92260-14 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2013	Perceived gravitoinertial force during vection Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 84 Pages 971 - 974 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric
2013	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Journal of Vision Volume 13 Pages 702 - 702 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2013	Spontaneous postural instability predicts susceptibility to smooth vection Published In Journal of Vision Volume 13 Pages 703 - 703 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2013	The role of monocular regions in the perception of stereoscopic surfaces Published In Perception Volume 42 Page p. 12 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2013	Vection in depth during treadmill walking Published In Perception Volume 42 Pages 562 - 576 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2013	Vection induced by illusory motion in a stationary image Published In Perception Volume 42 Pages 1001 - 1005 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2013	Virtual swimming - breaststroke body movements facilitate vection Published In Multisensory Research Volume 26 Pages 267 - 275 ISSN 2213-4794 Altmetric
2012	Directionless vection: A new illusory self-motion perception Published In i-Perception Volume 3 Pages 775 - 777 ISSN 2041-6695 Altmetric
2012	Horizontal fixation point oscillation and simulated viewpoint oscillation both increase vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision Volume 12 Pages 1 - 14 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2012	Hunger enhances vertical vection Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 1003 - 1006 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Independent effects of local and global binocular disparity on the perceived convexity of stereoscopically presented faces in scenes Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 168 - 174 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Influence of head orientation and viewpoint oscillation on linear vection Published In Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation: an international journal of experimental and clinical vestibular science Volume 22 Pages 105 - 116 ISSN 0957-4271 Altmetric
2012	Perceived display speed helps account for the 'jitter advantage' in vection Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 95 - 95 ISSN 0301-0066
2012	Perception of smooth and perturbed vection in short-duration microgravity Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 233 Pages 479 - 487 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2012	Refractive error and monocular viewing strengthen the hollow-face illusion Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 1281 - 1285 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Second-order motion is less efficient at modulating vection strength Published In Seeing and Perceiving: an international journal on computation, perception, attention and action Volume 25 Pages 213 - 221 ISSN 0169-1015 Altmetric
2012	Simulated angular head oscillation enhances vection in depth Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 402 - 414 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	The face inversion effect following pitch and yaw rotations: investigating the boundaries of holistic processing. Published In Frontiers in Psychology Volume 3 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1664-1078 Altmetric
2012	Vection can be induced without global-motion awareness Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 493 - 497 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2012	Vection during conflicting multisensory information about the axis, magnitude and direction of self-motion Published In Perception Volume 41 Pages 253 - 267 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Binocular disparity magnitude affects perceived depth magnitude despite inversion of depth order Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 975 - 988 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Depth interval estimates from motion parallax and binocular disparity beyond interaction space Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 39 - 49 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Display lag and gain effects on vection experienced by active observers Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 82 Pages 763 - 769 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric
2011	Face viewpoint effects about three axes: the role of configural and featural processing Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 761 - 784 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2011	Independent modulation of motion and vection aftereffects revealed by using coherent oscillation and random jitter in optic flow Published In Vision Research Volume 51 Pages 2499 - 2508 ISSN 1878-5646 Altmetric
2011	Simulated Viewpoint Jitter Shakes Sensory Conflict Accounts of Vection Published In Seeing and Perceiving Volume 24 Pages 173 - 200 Altmetric
2011	Vection in depth during consistent and inconsistent multisensory stimulation Published In Perception Volume 40 Pages 155 - 174 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2010	Eccentric gaze dynamics enhance vection in depth Published In Journal of Vision Volume 10 Pages 1 - 11 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2010	Pilot gaze and glideslope control Published In ACM Transactions on Applied Perception Volume 7 Pages 18:1 - 18:18 ISSN 1544-3558 Altmetric
2010	Stereoscopic perception of real depths at large distances Published In Journal of Vision Volume 10 Pages 1 - 16 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2010	The time course of configural change detection for novel 3-D objects Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 72 Pages 999 - 1012 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2010	Visually mediated eye movements regulate the capture of optic flow in self-motion perception Published In Experimental Brain Research Volume 202 Pages 355 - 361 ISSN 0014-4819 Altmetric
2009	Combined Pitch and Roll and Cybersickness in a Virtual Environment Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 80 Pages 941 - 945 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric
2009	Effects of gaze on vection from jittering, oscillating, and purely radial optic flow Published In Attention, Perception and Psychophysics Volume 71 Pages 1842 - 1853 ISSN 0031-5117 Altmetric
2009	Effects of simulated viewpoint jitter on visually induced postural sway Published In Perception Volume 38 Pages 442 - 453 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2009	Stereoscopic depth magnitudes at greater distances in an old steam railway tunnel Published In Perception Volume 38 Pages 59 - 60 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2009	Stereoscopic discrimination of the layout of ground surfaces Published In Journal of Vision Volume 9 Pages 1 - 11 ISSN 1534-7362 Altmetric
2008	Accelerating self-motion displays produce more compelling vection in depth Published In Perception Volume 37 Pages 22 - 33 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2008	Binocular slant discrimination beyond interaction space Published In Journal of Vision Volume 8 Pages 536 - Unknown End Page ISSN 1534-7362
2008	Effects of active and passive viewpoint jitter on vection in depth Published In Brain Research Bulletin Volume 77 Pages 335 - 342 ISSN 0361-9230 Altmetric
2008	Effects of scenery, lighting, glideslope and experience on timing the landing flare Published In Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied Volume 14 Pages 236 - 246 ISSN 1076-898X Altmetric
2008	Expanding and contracting optic-flow patterns and vection Published In Perception Volume 37 Pages 704 - 711 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2008	Time-To-Contact Perception During Simulated Night Landing Published In The International Journal of Aviation Psychology Volume 18 Pages 207 - 223 ISSN 1050-8414 Altmetric
2008	Vection change exacerbates simulator sickness in virtual environments Published In Presence Volume 17 Pages 283 - 292 ISSN 1054-7460 Altmetric
2007	Expanding and contracting optical flow patterns and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 78 Pages 383 - 386 ISSN 0095-6562
2007	Things are looking up: differential decline in face recognition following pitch and yaw rotation Published In Perception Volume 36 Pages 1334 - 1352 ISSN 0301-0066 Altmetric
2007	Vertical display oscillation effects on forward vection and simulator sickness Published In Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine Volume 78 Pages 951 - 956 ISSN 0095-6562 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2015	Vision and virtual environments Published In Handbook of Virtual Environments: Design, Implementaiton, and Applications Publisher United States: CRC Press Pages 39 - 85
2010	Psychophysics of night vision device halos Published In Vision and Displays for Military and Security Applications Publisher New York: Springer Pages 123 - 140 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2018	Effects of head-display lag on presence in the Oculus Rift Published In VRST '18: Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology Pages 1 - 2 Altmetric
2017	Evaluating 360-Virtual Reality for Mining Industry’s Safety Training Published In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: HCI International 2017 - Posters' and Extended Abstracts Pages 555 - 561 Altmetric
2016	A systematic approach to evaluate the role of virtual reality as a safety training tool in the context of the mining industry Published In Proceedings of the 2016 Coal Operators' Conference Pages 433 - 442
2015	Ground continuity and distance perception: An investigation of the effect of texture discontinuity on perceived distance Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2015	Walking without visual motion reduces subsequent vection Published In Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference 2015
2014	Evaluating the influence of virtual reality-based training on workers' competencies in the mining industry Published In 13th International Conference on Modeling and Applied Simulation, MAS 2014 Pages 60 - 64
2013	The short and the tall of it: The role of viewer height in recognising faces viewed from above and below. Published In Experimental Psychology Conference 2013
2012	Generalisation from three-quarter views of faces in the yaw and pitch axes. Published In 39th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference Pages 21 - 21
2010	The utility of different object properties in change detection Published In ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science Pages 93 - 97 Altmetric
2009	Binocular depth interval estimation beyond interaction space Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences Pages 22 - 22
2009	Effects of starting height, lighting and runway length on glideslope control and landing quality Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Pages 3 - 4
2009	Factors effecting the perception of ground slant during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences Pages 40 - 40
2009	Glideslope perception during aircraft landing Published In Asia-Pacific Simulation and Taining Conference and Exhibition Pages 87 - 91
2009	Object change detection: effects of attention, change magnitude and part addition or deletion Published In 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference Page p. 20
2009	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In A Summary of Proceedings for the Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation Symposium Pages 35 - 37
2009	The role of eye movements in self-motion perception Published In Combined Abstracts of 2009 Australian Psychology Conferences Pages 32 - 32
2009	Visual factors affecting glideslope control and touchdown during simulated aircraft landing Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences : The abstracts of the 44th Annual Conference of the Australian Psychological Society Page p. 62
2009	Where do pilots look when they land? Published In Combined abstracts of 2009 Australian psychology conferences: The abstracts of the 36th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference Page p. 43
2008	Face recognition following rotation about three axes Published In Asia-Pacific Conference on Vision Pages 57 - 57
2008	Global perspective jitter enhances vection in both active and passive observers Published In XXV Barany Society Meeting Program and Abstracts Pages 347 - 347
2008	Multiple axis rotation and cybersickness in a virtual environment Published In 2008 Abstracts of the AsMA Scientific Sessions. 79th Annual Scientific Meeting Pages 309 - 309
2008	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion Published In Canadian Space Agency: Life and Physical Sciences Workshop Pages 21 - 21
2008	Visual touchdown point perception during simulated landing Published In 35th Australasian experimental psychology conference Pages 92 - 93
2007	Effects of image intensifier halo on perceived layout Published In Helmet and Head Mounted Displays XII: Design and Applications. Proc. of SPIE Vol. 6557 Pages 65570U/1 - 12
2007	Psychophysics of night vision device halo Published In Advanced Deployable Day/Night Simulation (ADDNS) Symposium Pages 1 - 3

Investigator On

Year	Title
2014	Evaluating the impact of Virtual Reality-based training on the competency of rescue brigades Awarded by: Coal Services Health and Safety Trust Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2011	Role of monocular regions in the binocular perception of 3D layout Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2010	Viewpoint changes during locomotion: Their role in self-motion perception and motion sickness. Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2009	Visual perception of smooth and perturbed self-motion in microgravity Awarded by: Canadian Space Agency Funding Scheme: Research Grant
2008	An investigation of long-range stereopsis Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2007	Identification and examination of visual cues used in aircraft glideslope control Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Other Research Activities

Potential Supervision Topics

Self-motion perception; Self-motion control; Vection.

Eye-movements; Postural control.

Virtual reality; Motion Sickness; Simulator Sickness; Cybersickness.

Visual perception and control during aircraft landing.

Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

Teaching Activities

PSYC122 - Foundations of Psychology B Lecturer
PSYC236 - Cognition & Perception Lecturer
PSYC349 - Visual Perception Coordinator and Lecturer

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	The Psychological Effects of Magnetic Fields on Occupationally-Exposed Individuals	Evans, Ian
Doctor of Philosophy	Reduction of Cybersickness in HMDs: Participant, stimulus and hardware factors.	Arcioni, Benjamin
Doctor of Philosophy	Clarifying the Sequential Processing Schema in Young Adults	Fogarty, Jack
Doctor of Philosophy	Auditory Vection: The Roles of Low and High-Level Psychoacoustic Properties in Auditory Illusions of Self-Motion.	Mursic, Rebecca
Master of Philosophy	An Investigation of the Underlying Cognitive Processes Associated with Computer Programming.	Zammit, Jessica
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	The effects of ageing on the coordination of reaching movement and posture	Jimenez, Sergio

Education And Training

D.Phil., University of New South Wales, Psychology, Perceiving self-motion in depth: The roles of stereoscopic, changing-size, ground plane and jitter information (Supervisor Prof Barbara Gillam) 1994 - 1997
Centre for Vision Research, York University, Canada, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (with Prof Ian P. Howard) 1998 - 2000

Awards And Honors

Vice-Chancellor's Award for Interdisciplinary Research Excellence., conferred by University of Wollongong, 2015
Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning , conferred by University of Wollongong, 2005
University Medal, conferred by University of New South Wales, 1992

Teaching Overview

I have taught in a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate psychology subjects at both UNSW (1993-1998) and UOW (2000-current) – including Introductory Psychology, Cognition, Developmental Psychology, Statistics and (primarily in) Perception. I was the first in my school to receive a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning (a UOW OCTAL award) and have since played an important role in teacher development within UOW Psychology and University-wide. I have served continuously as a UOW Peer Reviewer of Teaching since my Dean's nomination in 2008.

Keywords

Perception; Vision Research; Self-motion Perception; Vection; Optic Flow; Postural Control; Eye-movements; Motion Sickness; Virtual Reality; Cybersickness; Simulator Sickness; Stereopsis; Depth Perception.

Full Name

A/Prof Stephen Palmisano Palmisano

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School of Psychology, University of Wollongong

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

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Wollongong, Australia

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9140-5681 (confirmed)

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O-1553-2018

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6701694405

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